the heated seat controls are literally on the main screen when you start the car, you have to click into the radio to get where doug was and it automatically switches back to the home screen after 30 sec so I dunno why he made that point.
@@zachjudge5885 I guess in this review he couldn't find any quirks but wanted to review this car anyway, so yeah, let's invent some. Just like with the door handles. This system was used on several cars back in the day (in Europe at least) so I don't know what he was on about. Buried controls are on many cars too, in my G21 I need to go into the climate menu in the infotainment system to switch on/off the airconditioning. That's bad design, not the heated seats on this XKR
@@bodegaboys7475 he can be unnecessary. Like really dude? We’re complaining about infotainment and backseats in a 550 horsepower roadster?.. took him over 15mins to drive the damn thing
Agreed, I keep looking at this and comparing it to the newer, more beautiful F Type R, but that has zero back seats and a much smaller trunk and trunk opening, while having the same power... But that has AWD... And costs more...but is less practical... But so pretty... Anyway back to watching videos of the two.
this car is so underrated, it looks sooo stunning in person. I was fortunate enough to see one in person about 8-9 years ago. Super low, very mascular, and the colour just pops so much. I predict it will go up in price in the future.
I hate to be that guy, but... did you mean 'masculine', or 'muscular'? As far as I know, "mascular", isn't a real word (although it makes a lot of sense, so maybe it should become a real word).
Lexus SC430. For all 10 spots. Edit for elaboration: small back seats are expected in sports cars or mini coopers. But the SC is fairly large, and not sporty. There's no excuse for the backseat to be so awful. So, it's the worst.
"It seems like an extra complication just to have a cool gimmick..." This is is basically the entire modern automotive industry. I don't know why we're just now complaining about it.
@@RealBearFace there was an old man I heard about who died in his Corvette because the battery died, so he couldn't get the electronically opening doors to open. He wasn't able to find the emergency release.
Even at 9 years old, that car looks fantastic and very modern. Any owner would be proud to be seen in that vehicle. It definitely aged well, and that blue is one of the best car colors of all time harkening back to the early days of Grand Prix racing with the French Racing Blue.
Imagine having multiple people offer you their ultra rare car to review and you are so influential that you can say “NO” because of the color. Doug is a legend.
Imagine being able to say every car you’ve reviewed is the color everyone wanted. He reviews the best of the best examples of cars. Down to the most popular color and that’s got to count for something.
As the owner of two Jaguars, I absolutely love the door latches. Takes no time to get used to them and they work great. IMO, the Jaguar XK is the perfect combination of sportiness, comfort and sexy looks, but each to his own.
A decade with an X100 and 3 years with an X150, I’ve never had any issues with myself it anyone else with the handles. There’s definitely quirks to the cars but the door handles aren’t really that. I 100% echo the heated seat buttons in the screen complaint though
Took me a while having my X150 to figure out that the handle WAS the unlock 'button' 😅. Made for some awkward moments while passengers waited to be let in lol Don't care much for the touch screen, heated seat buttons suck, but I ignore that stuff 'cause rest of the car is awesome!
@@cassandrafox8562 The heated seat buttons are on the home screen so they're one touch. You don't have to press anything else. XF has the same door handles but also has lock and unlock buttons on the dash, not sure why the XK doesn't, or maybe he just didn't see them?
@@severnsea3924 they are, but a physical button versus a screen icon for heated seats makes sense especially given the large panel of seat buttons already up near the door handle on each door panel. XK just doesn’t have door lock buttons; my X100 is the same way. My former X308 didn’t have the trick handles so it had a button in the center stack
"Who cares if the infotainment is complicated" "who cares if they use carbon fiber motif fabric" "who cares if they put word 'supercharge' everywhere" "Who cares if you gonna be beheaded if you sit on the back and probably have to chop off your limbs just to sit there" It's a JAAAAAAAAGGGG.... 😎
@@honestyisthegucci he wasn't asking you. He was asking the op about dog forgetting his password. Notice how his comment doesn't have @honesty is the new Gucci before it?
All carbon fiber fabric composites start with the fabric without resin to be a matrix. ie. carbon fiber fabric…. is fabric that looks like carbon fiber without resin. Simple really. It looks, acts and feels like fabric, because IT IS FABRIC. It is not a mystery. and it become a composite when it is combined with resin or other materials, A fabric covered hardcover book technically has a composite cover by definition. Aloha
That welsh SC v8 is such a hidden gem , I’ve literally driven pretty much every JLR car with that engine. It’s such a gratifying thing that motor. So under appreciated..
there is a big difference between msrp amd the acutal price a customer pays. Plus around 80% of cars are on lease anyway. Doesn‘t really help jag though cause they still are an old man‘s car.
This is one of the best looking modern era cars. Designed by Ian Callum. VERY good looking exterior and I don't understand how you can give it such a low score. Personally, I prefer the standard version over this though.
Surprisingly doug that gear rising motor never fails. There’s stories of people literally changing 2-3 gearboxes but the gear selector still kept working great
Funny because I’ve heard stories of the gear selector breaking on the f pace or whatever their suv is called. Weird they couldn’t make it reliable like this one when this car is older
It is just a pb when you need to move your car in N but can’t start it … (battery or whatever) But you have zipper which unlock the gear in emergency case
Regarding the door lock handle control, my Jaguar has that too, and it's never been a problem. I don't think I've once accidentally opened my door. It's pretty easy to pull or push the handle to manage locking without pulling too far. I've always thought it was a very elegant and well thought out system so long as the added complexity was reliable. And it has been for all these years.
Exactly i own a Fiat Abarth Punto and it also has the same door mechanism and i always thought they were a cool and well thought out minimalist approach instead of buttons everywhere for everything.
Buddy has an XKR convertible, brought it over last Saturday, still such a special car, you rarely see this type of Jaguar. I just admired that thing in my driveway the whole time.
I have an XFR and love it. Sure, its not as fast as the M5 or S6 or E55, but who can drive that fast on normal roads any way? It's just an awesome machine with enough power to get out a sticky situation when I need to and the luxury that comes with it is an added bonus. Mine is fully loaded, even with adaptive cruise and accident detection with auto braking. After all these years, this car has held up well and not one leak from underneath.
I have a 2012 XKR with the Dynamic package, next closest to the XKR-S, mostly just missing the S front end. I love the car. I disagree regarding unusable backseats and practicality. The backseats are great for kids when they are not too young and not too big. Our 4 and 6 year olds love sitting in the back. We take the car on family road trips; recently did a week long trip to the mountains. It's comfortable, sounds amazing, fast, has the space for everything we need, and is awesome on back roads. It is also split personality... quiet, comfortable cruising grand tourer, but then put it in Sport and Dynamic modes, opening the active exhaust, shifting manually, and it becomes a wild beast.
That color has to be one of the best colors in the car industry. That color on the c8 corvette is better though. Thanks for making the day better mr. Doug!
"Another mistake Jaguar made because they didn't have experience designing modern car interiors was putting the climate controls in the infotainment screen." Whew, glad nobody does that today! Right, Lexus? Right? *Right?*
It's a weird thing to do because the X-type, S-type and XJ, which all also had touchscreens, had physical buttons for heated seats. Then with the next generation (XK, XF and I *think* the last XJ) they inexplicably moved it to the touchscreen. So it wasn't a lack of experience, it was just a weird decision. Jaguar's always been more advanced than they get credit for, and one example is that I think they were the earliest manufacturer to use touchscreens across their entire model range.
@@nickporter4279 and today with the XE and XF they're in the screen again, except for the F-Type which has it integrated beautifully in the temperature dials (you press them and then twist to increase heat).
@@nickporter4279 you're right! I had forgotten about it. I think it might be the same with the new XE since it has the same buttons. There's a very smooth animation when switching between temps and heated seats in the button's display.
@@nickporter4279 Why? It's just a button. Does it matter if it's on a dash or if it's on a touchscreen? You do NOT have to scroll through a menu to get to it, it's on the default home screen so it's one touch regardless of what type of button it is.
This summer I bought a 2014 Jaguar XK with 24,000 miles on it. Absolutely LOVE that car. 6 months later and I still find myself going out to my garage right before bed just to take one last look at it. It is truly a "Splendid Cat".
I own one, and my advice for all modern jags would be to learn to do your own work. That's not to say it's unreliable, in fact I'd argue the opposite. But when something does pop up, places will try to charge a premium when im reality it's not that difficult a car to work on.
Honestly, I've loved Jaguar before I even had a license as a teenager and I'm 35 now. Jag never had to try to court me. And while I do miss the traditional Jag styling from my youth, I have to admit, I'm really in love with the new design language.
I've been a bit disappointed with their recent models (brilliant I-Pace aside), but otherwise agreed. Always baffled me that Jaguar wasn't a more popular brand, they were often making the best cars.
Tom, Tomas, Tommie... you know what I cannot take seriously? The demeanour of would be pressure washers revealing a lousily dripping peepee. How about going back to sacking comments, and spelling sandwiches.
I sold my 930 turbo Porsche to buy this exact car. I put Toyo r888r's all the way around and transformed the car- night and day difference- then dropped a tune/pulley kit. Car ran 11.9's consistently at 88 degree day/ poor track prep. This car gets amazing love from people. Very rare cat. Buy one, you won't be disappointed.
@@xd1771 never had a major issue, bought mine a few months ago with 210k km. It still runs really smoothly, gearbox is on point. Mine is an 06 and I've driven an XK from 2012 and honestly didn't feel any difference in handling, which just shows how well good they can be kept even after so many years
@@xd1771 Nothing major, and mine had 120k miles on it when i got it. The engine's been flawless, most of my problems have been linked to the battery and air con. Battery drain is quite high, so many owners have it on a trickle charger if not daily driving it, otherwise that can cause issues. If you're seriously looking, Google the duckbill issue related to the AC as that is a relatively common problem that can be expensive to fix. The TPMS is a pain in the arse too. Mine cost £12k, so was spectacular value for money, so long as you can afford running costs. Insurance is good, UK road tax is high and I average 26 mpg(UK). Great fun though, and I'm really struggling to find something to replace it with that matches it for comfort, performance and prettiness.
One quirk you missed Doug is all the Spitfire allusions in the car: it’s made at Browns Lane Coventry, where during the war Spitfires were made. As a result, the shape of the rear lights is reminiscent of the Spitfire wing and the rings inside the rear lights are an allusion to the roundels on the aircraft. Inside the dash panel in front of the passenger loosely does the same thing. The cooling vents in the bonnet are loosely styled on the Merlin exhaust ports. There are a large number of little Easter eggs in the car alluding to it’s history too. I had the XK-R and it’s a wonderful beefcake: it has great duality of personality. It can run down to the shops like Mrs Miggins but open the taps up and pure fury is released, along with the battlefield sound track. In the upper speed range it annihilates pretty much anything on the road, I’ve had mine up well over 160mph on the autobahn and it’s pulling like a train (although you need speed and black packs on the regular R to go over 155). I drove mine through France to the Picos mountains in Spain, and it was the most brilliant GT ever (assuming there are two of you). An interesting point is that the coupe and the convertible are the same car: the roof is added on after body-shell construction for the coupe. It means the coupe has superb stiffness, it isn’t reliant on the roof for rigidity. I don’t believe the gear selector is an issue unless the car is very old. I had no problems with mine in 40K miles of ownership except constantly wondering if it had a hole in the fuel tank…
Wow! I've had a '12 XK-R for five years now and other than the little leapers inside the side marker light housing I had not noticed all those details before! Things like that are why JagUars show up at concours events 30 years after they were sold.
I have owned many petrol Jaguars and they have one thing in common,.......they all have HUGE holes in the petrol tank! The V8's were not as bad as the V6's, however. It's a small price to pay for such a wonderful car.
This is easily one of my top 5 favorite cars ever made of all time & yes has to be in this color.. One of my favorite cars to play in video games, very noticeable exhaust all the time. This will be something I will seek in the next 5-10 years when I place to store it.
Yeah, but try actually *buying* one in French Racing Blue. I waited years before this one came on the market (it's my car in the video.) You can pick up black ones around that price, but not this color.
Man, I've avoided this episode for almost a year. As an owner of an X150 XKR Cabriolet, I didn't want to see what young Douglas' thought of my baby. While he was rough on the interior, he was complimentary on it overall! (BTW, I own a new XJ and a Range Rover. That door lock function is--hands down--the best. The half-pull becomes second nature within hours. Having dedicated buttons to lock & unlock doors is silly to me now.)
@@Petrospect Just was time for a change. This was about 6 years ago, and after I sold the Jag I got into a 13' GT500. Ended up going full bolt-ons and easily hit 701 whp. Sold it a couple years later and it can be seen on stang mode's channel th-cam.com/video/drgBieCRNDs/w-d-xo.html
Doug, thanks for finally reviewing. I offered up my 2013 XK-R which has Speed and Dynamic packs making it close to an XK-RS...but this one is better for sure. Seats in the back? They're for storage of course...and the home screen on the display is always there. You won't get to stay on the stereo screen, it will bump to home by itself in a bit. So you can track your heated seats without issue. The car is classy and a head turner. Stunning exterior that I get near constant compliments about, even after 4 years of ownership. Good vid!
I drive a 2017 F Pace, V6. The gear selector is still the same (they changed it in 2021 only). Also Jags have the best exhaust note (both V8s and V6s or even lower engines) from factory. I really like the vehicle, its amazing to drive and pretty solid. Recently did a Supercharger lower crank pulley and Stage 2 Tune and she is rocking now!
When I worked at a Jag dealer I drove and was the service advisor for an XKRS-GT - felt like it could zero to sixty as soon as you took your foot of the brake.
I love this gen of Jag...the XK, XF, and XJ in my opinion were some of the most beautiful cars coming out back in 05-2010. My friends grandma had an XK in 2006, that thing seemed like a spaceship compared to a Merc SL.
@@xxblade.2272 He almost always comments on how he doesn't like that they do that. LOL. He's said it many times that some stuff should stay as physical buttons.
@@gachaharemseries2029 That was pretty much one of the few slow infotainment systems though. Ford has this same design, but it’s much better because it’s pretty much instantaneous and you can access the menu from any page
Bought a '12 XK-R in Kyanite Blue four years ago. I said to myself "this thing is a MONSTER! Like a Corvette that graduated from college"; I couldn't believe they were selling for what I got it for. Now, it is worth $10K more and because of this video in another year it'll be worth an additional $10K. THANKS!!
@@AbhimanyuSingh-xs2lh That generation of XF is a beautiful car that has aged well. I live just outside Coventry, the home of Jaguar and many of my friends work for the company. A lot of passion goes into the product
In my Jag there are no "lock/unlock" buttons for the doors. You have to pull the handle slightly to unlock the door if you're picking someone up. It's annoying because after all this time, i still open my door sometimes. I guess you'd have to experience it to know what he means...but it's annoying.
The interior door handle comment is BS I want quirks and features, not someone crossing their arm across their chest and using the wrong hand to open the door
I was taught to open them that way. supposedly, it moves your chest / body towards the door, forcing you a better look outside / on the wing mirror for potential objects coming from the rear. I only did this in driving lessons. I abandoned it afterwards because I always check wing mirrors before I open the doors whether I use my right or left hand.
@@lukabosancic7742 In a Top Gear episode, Jeremy tested an XKR and the new (at the time) Nissan GTR, the Nissan destroyed the Jag in a drag race and in the corners
Carbon fiber used to make carbon fiber body components is completely different to CF used for textiles. So just because you've seen CF fabric that is used to make resin bonded body components, doesn't mean you have seen CF that is used for textiles. A lot of us have seen the CF fabric during the manufacture of resin bonded components, but most people haven't seen the CF used in textiles. The more you know.
Back in the day my dad had an '08 Jaguar XF - seeing all those interior quirks really brings me back to that car. Was the first car I drove after getting my license which was awesome but all those neat gimmicks inside like the gear shifter, the hiding air vents, the blue ambient lighting and just the materials and feeling....wasn't the most reliable car ever but just the coolest thing that no one had
On my old XJ6, the cup holders were just straight up broken, as were most other 90s Jags. Designed like an afterthought. From what I understand, Jaguar caring about cup holders is a modern development.
Jaguar is raising special Carbon Fiber cows on a secret farm in the UK to make this interior.
Funniest shit I've read today
LOL
Hum.. ok cringe. Carbon fiber cows don't even exist..
Edit : I thought it was obvious that it was a joke but apparently no
@@c.zasazd4480 I hope you’re joking 🤦♂️
@@c.zasazd4480 you my friend, just got
Wooshed
So Jaguar was burying heated seat controls deep in the infotainment menus back in 2012? Truly ahead of it's time
the heated seat controls are literally on the main screen when you start the car, you have to click into the radio to get where doug was and it automatically switches back to the home screen after 30 sec so I dunno why he made that point.
@@zachjudge5885 Doug can be a douche sometimes.
@@zachjudge5885 I guess in this review he couldn't find any quirks but wanted to review this car anyway, so yeah, let's invent some. Just like with the door handles. This system was used on several cars back in the day (in Europe at least) so I don't know what he was on about. Buried controls are on many cars too, in my G21 I need to go into the climate menu in the infotainment system to switch on/off the airconditioning. That's bad design, not the heated seats on this XKR
@@eclectic_classics funny you say that because you do have to go into the infotainment to switch off the air con in the XKR as well.
@@bodegaboys7475 he can be unnecessary. Like really dude? We’re complaining about infotainment and backseats in a 550 horsepower roadster?.. took him over 15mins to drive the damn thing
Jaguar: Alright let's make a car that can attract younger people.
$133k
Young People: Shit
Younger rich people
Made for le Yuppies
@@DeiHarper9361 younger rich people by lambos because they don't know any better
@@saladwithsalad by??
By "young people" they're probably trying to appeal to the 40 year old instead of the 60 year old.
The XK really has aged incredibly well. Still one of the better-looking cars in its price range IMO, and the engine note and dynamics back it up.
Agreed. Go on Edmunds to see how the owners have rated it. Impressive.
Yeah even in 2024 it’s a timeless design
Agreed, I keep looking at this and comparing it to the newer, more beautiful F Type R, but that has zero back seats and a much smaller trunk and trunk opening, while having the same power... But that has AWD... And costs more...but is less practical... But so pretty... Anyway back to watching videos of the two.
this car is so underrated, it looks sooo stunning in person. I was fortunate enough to see one in person about 8-9 years ago. Super low, very mascular, and the colour just pops so much. I predict it will go up in price in the future.
The Lights and Silhouette remind me of mk4 supras tbh
A neighbor of mine has one in orange. Spectacular!
I hate to be that guy, but... did you mean 'masculine', or 'muscular'? As far as I know, "mascular", isn't a real word (although it makes a lot of sense, so maybe it should become a real word).
Take some omega 3s. Expand your frontal lobe. Preferably from KRILL oil. Lol
Pales in comparidon to the new F types. Slower too. To think people spent near 100 grand on these!!!! 😢😢😂
“It’s handmade in England, and saying a car is handmade in England is another way of saying the doors are going to fall off.”
- Jeremy Clarkson
That was a 70s Rolls Royce Corniche.
this one has been let through, so it passed the british cat test
stfu
Yeah your funny, I think nojt
It's hardly been improved since. With more electronics, they are prone to failures. Pitty is it.
You should do a top ten worst backseats.
I bet Ferrari California would take top spot 👍
Great idea,, Top 10 Worst Cars to be a Passenger In
Sounds like one or more Porsche 911's might be in that LIST OF MAIN SQUEEZES (of Doug's butt and legs, of course).
@@mog7501 Carrera GT ups...
Lexus SC430. For all 10 spots.
Edit for elaboration: small back seats are expected in sports cars or mini coopers. But the SC is fairly large, and not sporty. There's no excuse for the backseat to be so awful. So, it's the worst.
"It seems like an extra complication just to have a cool gimmick..." This is is basically the entire modern automotive industry. I don't know why we're just now complaining about it.
lol seriously there are 10+ of these moments on every new car he reviews
He's always been complaining that
Making him saying that in specific video is extra insult
True that. Thought that to myself . Why is he complaining now
Because until it gets somebody killed or hurt, the auto industry isn't gonna do shit. Even then they won't lol
@@RealBearFace there was an old man I heard about who died in his Corvette because the battery died, so he couldn't get the electronically opening doors to open. He wasn't able to find the emergency release.
Even at 9 years old, that car looks fantastic and very modern. Any owner would be proud to be seen in that vehicle. It definitely aged well, and that blue is one of the best car colors of all time harkening back to the early days of Grand Prix racing with the French Racing Blue.
"Risk opening your door" while you're parked is such a Doug thing to say lol
Yea :D If your IQ is not high enough to figure how to slightly pull a handle, please stay out of traffic anyway :D
@@kewllexus why would you even need to unlock the door if you weren't intending to open it anyway? seems like a pointless point to make.
@@zachjudge5885 If you wanted to let a passenger in - according to Doug. I can't imagine it being a real issue though :D
@@kewllexus xD WHy would anyone want to open the doors while driving anyway.
Imagine having multiple people offer you their ultra rare car to review and you are so influential that you can say “NO” because of the color. Doug is a legend.
Im sorry, Doug..but color to me...has no effect/influence on how good a car is. Its simply aethestic. Its still a badass Jaguar with a 550hp engine!
@@JK-js2td yeah but he makes videos and having the press car colour in the thumbnail makes him more money
They make money by having him review it. People will pay more for the featured car. Already proven on cars and bids.
Imagine being able to say every car you’ve reviewed is the color everyone wanted. He reviews the best of the best examples of cars. Down to the most popular color and that’s got to count for something.
hahahah
If Doug ever goes missing….he’s likely stuck in a Jaguar XKR-S backseat
"What are you doing, step car?"
hahahahah
Hahah yeah you'd think he'd learned after infamously trying to find its way to fit in the Saleen S7^^
@@alvinatorjk2020 I see what you did there
"terribly sorry, the Jaaaagggg has a bit of a cramped rear seat".
As the owner of two Jaguars, I absolutely love the door latches. Takes no time to get used to them and they work great. IMO, the Jaguar XK is the perfect combination of sportiness, comfort and sexy looks, but each to his own.
A decade with an X100 and 3 years with an X150, I’ve never had any issues with myself it anyone else with the handles. There’s definitely quirks to the cars but the door handles aren’t really that.
I 100% echo the heated seat buttons in the screen complaint though
Took me a while having my X150 to figure out that the handle WAS the unlock 'button' 😅. Made for some awkward moments while passengers waited to be let in lol
Don't care much for the touch screen, heated seat buttons suck, but I ignore that stuff 'cause rest of the car is awesome!
@@cassandrafox8562 The heated seat buttons are on the home screen so they're one touch. You don't have to press anything else.
XF has the same door handles but also has lock and unlock buttons on the dash, not sure why the XK doesn't, or maybe he just didn't see them?
@@severnsea3924 they are, but a physical button versus a screen icon for heated seats makes sense especially given the large panel of seat buttons already up near the door handle on each door panel.
XK just doesn’t have door lock buttons; my X100 is the same way. My former X308 didn’t have the trick handles so it had a button in the center stack
@@bad300sport It took you a while? wow. It seemed pretty obvious after the first time to me.
"Who cares if the infotainment is complicated"
"who cares if they use carbon fiber motif fabric"
"who cares if they put word 'supercharge' everywhere"
"Who cares if you gonna be beheaded if you sit on the back and probably have to chop off your limbs just to sit there"
It's a JAAAAAAAAGGGG.... 😎
A Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag!
image top gear voice saying that xD
I’ve always been in love with this model. Carries the beauty of an Aston Martin
Doug… if you ever want to review the XKR-S GT, just holler! Got one along with the Project8.
Awesome
Would love to see it!
The project 8 is one of my all time favorite cars. It’s so damn cool! Unfortunately, I only have a toy version haha
Doug said he's busy and that I could do it instead. Hows next Monday sound?
I’m pretty sure He’s already reviewed the project 8
Watch Doug review the XKRS GT on more Doug in 6 months.
No because he's probably lost the password to that channel, hasn't updated anything in months.
Nah, he's busy signing his photos.
And on Less Doug after a year
ც ყ 8
@@LoreDrive lol
Let this "normal" upload not hide the fact that our good ol buddy Doug has forgotten the password to his second channel
He's expermenting if one channel for everything makes more sense and profit.
Where was this revealed? Lmfaoo
@@ccalvinn In one of his videos out of his garage. Maybe even in the carsandbids channel
@@honestyisthegucci he wasn't asking you. He was asking the op about dog forgetting his password. Notice how his comment doesn't have @honesty is the new Gucci before it?
@@littlejackalo5326 well that's embarrissing
Jaguar reliability has improved a lot since the earlier years.
Now some are more reliable the German competition plus they look and sound better.
“I’ve never seen carbon fiber fabric” as if carbon fiber isn’t just resin impregnated fabric 🤔
hahahah
Lmao. Good stuff smartie 👖
Har har, I totally used to think carbon fiber was some magical high tech product.
well it's more or less a composite, what he was mentioning was a faux carbon fiber effect in the fabric used for the interior.
All carbon fiber fabric composites start with the fabric without resin to be a matrix. ie. carbon fiber fabric…. is fabric that looks like carbon fiber without resin. Simple really. It looks, acts and feels like fabric, because IT IS FABRIC. It is not a mystery. and it become a composite when it is combined with resin or other materials, A fabric covered hardcover book technically has a composite cover by definition. Aloha
fun fact: french racing blue is also the launch color for the chiron
And it was also the color for the 2009 Shelby GT500 and the 2010 Mustang GT 5.0! 😍
It was also the iconic color of the Bugatti Type 35. Thus the name of “French Racing Blue”
@@McBeamer94 p sure that was grabber blue lol
Shiron
F-type svr has this color as an option
Girlfriend: What do you like about me?
Doug: I‘m gonna start with the quirks and features on the outside.
Then move on to the ones inside 😏
@@sastrinidis Of course! It's what's on the inside, right? wink, wink.
This is definitely the first time I've ever seen this kind of comment before
lmfao
He's married tho...but I'm sure this is how it went when they started going out
Honestly I think this is one of the most handsome looking car out there
🤔😀
Yikes.
Ew dude. It looks like a track buick.
Nah
yep
That welsh SC v8 is such a hidden gem , I’ve literally driven pretty much every JLR car with that engine. It’s such a gratifying thing that motor. So under appreciated..
Watching Doug get back out of that backseat is like watching a giraffe give birth.
In a phone booth...
it reminded me of that scene in Ace Ventura 2 when Jim Carrey comes out of the rhino's butt
Fitness consultant: “Yoga will improve your flexibility”
Doug: “Nah, I’ll just climb into the backseat of a Jaguar”
*Of a Jaaaaaaaag
hahahahah
but before you do that make sure to check out CARS AND BIDS
“Appeal to young people”… “$130,000”… 🤔
Daddy’s money
there is a big difference between msrp amd the acutal price a customer pays. Plus around 80% of cars are on lease anyway. Doesn‘t really help jag though cause they still are an old man‘s car.
Thank you for reviewing my favorite modern jaguar :)
you’re welcome dawg
No prob fam 💯
Sorry you live in California
No one cares
Not bad jor a made in china conglomerate like Jaguar. Jaguar = CCP
This is one of the best looking modern era cars. Designed by Ian Callum. VERY good looking exterior and I don't understand how you can give it such a low score. Personally, I prefer the standard version over this though.
Typical American, doesn't understand the subtleties of the design.
Next week on More Doug DeMuro: “Here are the 7 smallest back seats of any modern car”
Surprisingly doug that gear rising motor never fails. There’s stories of people literally changing 2-3 gearboxes but the gear selector still kept working great
Hoovie’s Range Rover had a gear selector fault iirc
I’m really going to miss the gear selector if I upgrade to a newer XF. I love it.
Funny because I’ve heard stories of the gear selector breaking on the f pace or whatever their suv is called. Weird they couldn’t make it reliable like this one when this car is older
It is just a pb when you need to move your car in N but can’t start it … (battery or whatever)
But you have zipper which unlock the gear in emergency case
@@yungboicontigo9278 yeah. This part probably wasn’t manufactured by j/lr and thank fuck for that
one of the best looking jag ever,especially in that blue.The newer jag are trying to much,this one was spot on the money.
The front looks dated. The front of the XF-RS or the F-Type looks much better.
Absolutely agree. Looks much better than the F-Type
@@deantwaunbalton1177 Easily.
Regarding the door lock handle control, my Jaguar has that too, and it's never been a problem. I don't think I've once accidentally opened my door.
It's pretty easy to pull or push the handle to manage locking without pulling too far.
I've always thought it was a very elegant and well thought out system so long as the added complexity was reliable. And it has been for all these years.
Exactly i own a Fiat Abarth Punto and it also has the same door mechanism and i always thought they were a cool and well thought out minimalist approach instead of buttons everywhere for everything.
EXACTLY! Doug always has to exaggerate things like this
My sierra used to have that feature. 33 year's without a problem
Buddy has an XKR convertible, brought it over last Saturday, still such a special car, you rarely see this type of Jaguar. I just admired that thing in my driveway the whole time.
if it started when it was time to leave then really "you rarely see this type of Jaguar"
One of my MOST favorite Jaguar models.
Still remember being 8 and watching this on Top Gear it hasn't aged one bit😌😌😌😌😌😌
He might not be the brightest or smartest guy but that's fine because he drives a Jaaaaaag..
@@mouaxiong8618 classic Jeremy🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@mouaxiong8618 JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGG!
Wamucii uko huku?
I swear Jaguar make some of the most beautiful cars in existence.
Especially in the past and in that period… yeah 😞
Xke... Xk120 absolutley
One of the best exhaust notes for the money, period.
same thing would apply to an E60 M5 or a same gen E63
For the money? Fiat 500 abarath
@@omerbakiu9742 the e60 doesn't sound good
@@saladwithsalad Seriously? The V10 in the E60 M5 / E63 M6 sounds mental.
Only car I've ever had where I NEVER used the stereo. The sound alone put a smile on my face, every single time I drove it !!
you can say that a thousand times, it NEVER gets old!!!
I have an XFR and love it. Sure, its not as fast as the M5 or S6 or E55, but who can drive that fast on normal roads any way? It's just an awesome machine with enough power to get out a sticky situation when I need to and the luxury that comes with it is an added bonus. Mine is fully loaded, even with adaptive cruise and accident detection with auto braking. After all these years, this car has held up well and not one leak from underneath.
I have a 2012 XKR with the Dynamic package, next closest to the XKR-S, mostly just missing the S front end. I love the car. I disagree regarding unusable backseats and practicality. The backseats are great for kids when they are not too young and not too big. Our 4 and 6 year olds love sitting in the back. We take the car on family road trips; recently did a week long trip to the mountains. It's comfortable, sounds amazing, fast, has the space for everything we need, and is awesome on back roads. It is also split personality... quiet, comfortable cruising grand tourer, but then put it in Sport and Dynamic modes, opening the active exhaust, shifting manually, and it becomes a wild beast.
Ditto on all your comments, mine is just a lowly XKR, but love it just the same! Serious people just don't take Doug seriously!!
That color has to be one of the best colors in the car industry. That color on the c8 corvette is better though. Thanks for making the day better mr. Doug!
Forgot the R8 One?
A similar color was offered on the Aventador SV. Looks so good
I feel like once your older than 28 than your grown out of this color
@@paladin3116 not doug apparently lol
"Another mistake Jaguar made because they didn't have experience designing modern car interiors was putting the climate controls in the infotainment screen."
Whew, glad nobody does that today! Right, Lexus? Right?
*Right?*
It's a weird thing to do because the X-type, S-type and XJ, which all also had touchscreens, had physical buttons for heated seats. Then with the next generation (XK, XF and I *think* the last XJ) they inexplicably moved it to the touchscreen.
So it wasn't a lack of experience, it was just a weird decision. Jaguar's always been more advanced than they get credit for, and one example is that I think they were the earliest manufacturer to use touchscreens across their entire model range.
@@nickporter4279 and today with the XE and XF they're in the screen again, except for the F-Type which has it integrated beautifully in the temperature dials (you press them and then twist to increase heat).
@@jacobras I think the I-Pace has them integrated into the dials too.
@@nickporter4279 you're right! I had forgotten about it. I think it might be the same with the new XE since it has the same buttons. There's a very smooth animation when switching between temps and heated seats in the button's display.
@@nickporter4279 Why? It's just a button. Does it matter if it's on a dash or if it's on a touchscreen? You do NOT have to scroll through a menu to get to it, it's on the default home screen so it's one touch regardless of what type of button it is.
This summer I bought a 2014 Jaguar XK with 24,000 miles on it. Absolutely LOVE that car. 6 months later and I still find myself going out to my garage right before bed just to take one last look at it. It is truly a "Splendid Cat".
I own one, and my advice for all modern jags would be to learn to do your own work.
That's not to say it's unreliable, in fact I'd argue the opposite. But when something does pop up, places will try to charge a premium when im reality it's not that difficult a car to work on.
Honestly, I've loved Jaguar before I even had a license as a teenager and I'm 35 now. Jag never had to try to court me. And while I do miss the traditional Jag styling from my youth, I have to admit, I'm really in love with the new design language.
Relatable.
It’s hard to believe that this is almost 10 years old! It has aged like fine wine
I've been a bit disappointed with their recent models (brilliant I-Pace aside), but otherwise agreed. Always baffled me that Jaguar wasn't a more popular brand, they were often making the best cars.
Tom, Tomas, Tommie... you know what I cannot take seriously? The demeanour of would be pressure washers revealing a lousily dripping peepee. How about going back to sacking comments, and spelling sandwiches.
@Tom Strecks So you would be happy if it was a male instead?
Muscle car? Wow I didn’t expect this to be one.
I have one....550 horsepower! Definitely a underrated vehicle. Love mine.
British muscle car.....
Almost.
Most muscle cars we think about are American
Cause not every muscle car is American
@@jj_cars99 Most muscle cars we think about are ugly and boxy crapy plastic interior shit box with a v8!
My dad got one of these recently and he’s gonna be excited to see you’ve finally done a review for it.
2012 model looks like it was released today. Great looking car
I sold my 930 turbo Porsche to buy this exact car. I put Toyo r888r's all the way around and transformed the car- night and day difference- then dropped a tune/pulley kit. Car ran 11.9's consistently at 88 degree day/ poor track prep. This car gets amazing love from people. Very rare cat. Buy one, you won't be disappointed.
100000% Agree!
I've owned an XK for 5 years. Never accidentally opened the door when unlocking them 😂
Same, also have one and found that absolutely ridiculous..
Im thinking about getting an XK 07-10. Have you had any major problems throughout your ownership?
@@xd1771 never had a major issue, bought mine a few months ago with 210k km. It still runs really smoothly, gearbox is on point. Mine is an 06 and I've driven an XK from 2012 and honestly didn't feel any difference in handling, which just shows how well good they can be kept even after so many years
@@xd1771 Nothing major, and mine had 120k miles on it when i got it. The engine's been flawless, most of my problems have been linked to the battery and air con. Battery drain is quite high, so many owners have it on a trickle charger if not daily driving it, otherwise that can cause issues. If you're seriously looking, Google the duckbill issue related to the AC as that is a relatively common problem that can be expensive to fix. The TPMS is a pain in the arse too.
Mine cost £12k, so was spectacular value for money, so long as you can afford running costs. Insurance is good, UK road tax is high and I average 26 mpg(UK). Great fun though, and I'm really struggling to find something to replace it with that matches it for comfort, performance and prettiness.
I was going to say why would you want to unlock the door without opening the door?
The autolamp delay doesn't have its own switch, that's the headlight switch in general. It just lets you adjust the delay as well.
Doug is the type of guy to look up and down before crossing the road
Doug is a type of a guy to look left and right before climbing up
13:40-14:05 I love seeing Doug pulverize himself while trying to squeeze into 2nd row seats it really makes my day.
One quirk you missed Doug is all the Spitfire allusions in the car: it’s made at Browns Lane Coventry, where during the war Spitfires were made. As a result, the shape of the rear lights is reminiscent of the Spitfire wing and the rings inside the rear lights are an allusion to the roundels on the aircraft. Inside the dash panel in front of the passenger loosely does the same thing. The cooling vents in the bonnet are loosely styled on the Merlin exhaust ports. There are a large number of little Easter eggs in the car alluding to it’s history too.
I had the XK-R and it’s a wonderful beefcake: it has great duality of personality. It can run down to the shops like Mrs Miggins but open the taps up and pure fury is released, along with the battlefield sound track. In the upper speed range it annihilates pretty much anything on the road, I’ve had mine up well over 160mph on the autobahn and it’s pulling like a train (although you need speed and black packs on the regular R to go over 155).
I drove mine through France to the Picos mountains in Spain, and it was the most brilliant GT ever (assuming there are two of you).
An interesting point is that the coupe and the convertible are the same car: the roof is added on after body-shell construction for the coupe. It means the coupe has superb stiffness, it isn’t reliant on the roof for rigidity.
I don’t believe the gear selector is an issue unless the car is very old. I had no problems with mine in 40K miles of ownership except constantly wondering if it had a hole in the fuel tank…
Great review, Graham. A practical assessment of the experience.
Wow! I've had a '12 XK-R for five years now and other than the little leapers inside the side marker light housing I had not noticed all those details before! Things like that are why JagUars show up at concours events 30 years after they were sold.
I have owned many petrol Jaguars and they have one thing in common,.......they all have HUGE holes in the petrol tank! The V8's were not as bad as the V6's, however. It's a small price to pay for such a wonderful car.
that’s sick
He probably wouldn't know what a Spitfire is.
Best advertising for a detailing shop, It's a clean car
You everywhere
A few years ago I saw some prototype a a car expo that had carbon fiber as cloth for the seats. *Actual* carbon fiber, without the resin.
You called?
This is easily one of my top 5 favorite cars ever made of all time & yes has to be in this color.. One of my favorite cars to play in video games, very noticeable exhaust all the time. This will be something I will seek in the next 5-10 years when I place to store it.
The way Doug over exaggerates getting out of the back seat is Oscar-worthy. I'm guessing he never got out of a 2-door coupe in the 80s.
He didn’t because he’s a child
No dude, trust me. I've had several two door coupes from the 80s, I also have one of these. These are worse.
It's the nicest looking car Jag-war has ever made in my opinion.
assuming jaguars are nice looking
@@ksawiprod9140 They are majestic cats that are very nice looking.
@@ksawiprod9140 Beauties, They eat Alligators for lunch, Mustangs for a snack!
I just looked up the KBB trade in value of this car. It is $36k. That would be a pretty good used car for under $40k.
Wow only 36k?! For a car that is on performance with the C63 Black series, which is $130k+. Awsome deal.
Because it's an unreliable piece of shit. As cool as it is. It's just the way it is 😂
Great value until you get the first repair bill
Yeah, but try actually *buying* one in French Racing Blue. I waited years before this one came on the market (it's my car in the video.) You can pick up black ones around that price, but not this color.
@@YungEagle3k unreliable? have you owned one or just talking shit? maybe do some research.
Man, I've avoided this episode for almost a year. As an owner of an X150 XKR Cabriolet, I didn't want to see what young Douglas' thought of my baby. While he was rough on the interior, he was complimentary on it overall!
(BTW, I own a new XJ and a Range Rover. That door lock function is--hands down--the best. The half-pull becomes second nature within hours. Having dedicated buttons to lock & unlock doors is silly to me now.)
Doug as a teacher: OK class, thisssssssssssssssss is Carsssss and bids
th-cam.com/video/TVGk0cMrACw/w-d-xo.html
I would attend that class
Lol
But i don't
🤨😉😁
One of the most underrated cars of all time
Always had a softspot for these.. criminally underrated
Why is it when I hear Doug say "Cars and Bids" I way my arms around like a lunatic?
hahahh
I owned one for 4 years and never opened my door by mistake. Was a great car to own.
I had one in British Racing Green. Had a tune and pulley swap, it was a beast!
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why'd you get rid of it/what'd you upgrade to
@@Petrospect Just was time for a change. This was about 6 years ago, and after I sold the Jag I got into a 13' GT500. Ended up going full bolt-ons and easily hit 701 whp. Sold it a couple years later and it can be seen on stang mode's channel th-cam.com/video/drgBieCRNDs/w-d-xo.html
Doug, thanks for finally reviewing. I offered up my 2013 XK-R which has Speed and Dynamic packs making it close to an XK-RS...but this one is better for sure. Seats in the back? They're for storage of course...and the home screen on the display is always there. You won't get to stay on the stereo screen, it will bump to home by itself in a bit. So you can track your heated seats without issue. The car is classy and a head turner. Stunning exterior that I get near constant compliments about, even after 4 years of ownership. Good vid!
I drive a 2017 F Pace, V6. The gear selector is still the same (they changed it in 2021 only). Also Jags have the best exhaust note (both V8s and V6s or even lower engines) from factory. I really like the vehicle, its amazing to drive and pretty solid. Recently did a Supercharger lower crank pulley and Stage 2 Tune and she is rocking now!
My Boss at the time had an R-S in French Racing Blue, looked and sounded FANTASTIC!
Totally underrated car. And the reliability isn’t bad at all.
When I worked at a Jag dealer I drove and was the service advisor for an XKRS-GT - felt like it could zero to sixty as soon as you took your foot of the brake.
Did much go with them
@@Norwoodg00ner What do you mean?
One of the best styled and designed cars of all time up there with the f40 and DBS superleggera
The gto looks way more beautiful than the f40
I love this gen of Jag...the XK, XF, and XJ in my opinion were some of the most beautiful cars coming out back in 05-2010. My friends grandma had an XK in 2006, that thing seemed like a spaceship compared to a Merc SL.
The values are holding pretty strong on these, just saw a blue 2014 with 20,000 mi on it for 80k.
This is one of my favorite Jaguar's ever! I was seriously considering getting one of these. They are just hard to come by..
9:04 So... Jaguar doing this "shove-everything-in-a-touch-screen" thing back in 2011 is bad, but on _new_ cars it's fine?
I mean, not when you still had to use a bit of a unresponsive touch screen of back then
@@xxblade.2272 He almost always comments on how he doesn't like that they do that. LOL. He's said it many times that some stuff should stay as physical buttons.
@@gachaharemseries2029 That was pretty much one of the few slow infotainment systems though. Ford has this same design, but it’s much better because it’s pretty much instantaneous and you can access the menu from any page
I genuinely cant believe the backseats are like that. Literally why even put them at that point?!?
Thanks for finally reviewing a car from the Jag XK range!! Have been waiting a while for this👍👍👍
Doug you are killing me, I was hoping this car would stay low-key long enough for me to save for one! Lol.
Bought a '12 XK-R in Kyanite Blue four years ago. I said to myself "this thing is a MONSTER! Like a Corvette that graduated from college"; I couldn't believe they were selling for what I got it for. Now, it is worth $10K more and because of this video in another year it'll be worth an additional $10K. THANKS!!
Ian Callum used to live 5 minutes from me and the XKRS in this colour was his company car when it was released.
didn't he design this car?
@@AbhimanyuSingh-xs2lh yes, he was the director of design at Jaguar at the time
@@andreasphotiou1886 my father owns a 2011 xf supercharged and I still think that is one of the most beautiful 4 door sedans ever made.
@@AbhimanyuSingh-xs2lh That generation of XF is a beautiful car that has aged well. I live just outside Coventry, the home of Jaguar and many of my friends work for the company. A lot of passion goes into the product
This auto had been on my list for 4yrs, waiting on the right car and deal. I'll spend 21 mins of my life to listen to Doug. Standby for outcome.
Don’t listen to Doug, he’s the one who is ridiculous!
that exhaust howling was more exciting than Doug's test drive
Seems like the ultimate car to race a cargo plane in the rain with.
Glad someone has played fh2
I couldn’t stop laughing during the back seat segment 🤣
hahahah
Me: Technically, carbon fiber is made from cloth.
Doug:
"You are technically correct - the best kind of correct." Bureaucrat Conrad
hahahahahah
Not sure if I'm missing something, but why else would you unlock the door if you weren't opening it?
Perhaps someone wants to enter as a passenger.
Exactly lol he was nit picking a bit
Use the remote*
@@mattnova18 Whilst sat in it? Uh? You would reach over to unlock/open the car for your passengers.
In my Jag there are no "lock/unlock" buttons for the doors. You have to pull the handle slightly to unlock the door if you're picking someone up. It's annoying because after all this time, i still open my door sometimes. I guess you'd have to experience it to know what he means...but it's annoying.
The interior door handle comment is BS
I want quirks and features, not someone crossing their arm across their chest and using the wrong hand to open the door
I was taught to open them that way. supposedly, it moves your chest / body towards the door, forcing you a better look outside / on the wing mirror for potential objects coming from the rear.
I only did this in driving lessons. I abandoned it afterwards because I always check wing mirrors before I open the doors whether I use my right or left hand.
"Weak men Rev an astin
real men WARM UP THE JAAAAG"
Awfully Sorry do you mind settling this whilst I go warm up the Jaaaaag
@@lorddarlo6194 Jaaaaaaaaaag
@@cypheruz9036 Awfully sorry I ran over your dog
Owner: oooh
Me: In my Jaaaaaaaaaag
Owner: oh that's fine
I’ve been tempted to get one of these for a while. You can get a nice one here in the UK for about 40k
Isn't this the same car that Clarkson reviewed on Top Gear and loved?
@@rhull3939 no this is the car that Nissan humiliated
@@PG-20 what do you mean? legit question
@@PG-20 no that was just an xkr. Also racing a 4 wheel drive car v a rear wheel drive car in the rain is only going to have one result
@@lukabosancic7742 In a Top Gear episode, Jeremy tested an XKR and the new (at the time) Nissan GTR, the Nissan destroyed the Jag in a drag race and in the corners
-DOUG: „I have never seen carbon fiber fabric“.
-ME: „Carbon fiber is fabric“.
😑
Carbon fiber used to make carbon fiber body components is completely different to CF used for textiles. So just because you've seen CF fabric that is used to make resin bonded body components, doesn't mean you have seen CF that is used for textiles. A lot of us have seen the CF fabric during the manufacture of resin bonded components, but most people haven't seen the CF used in textiles. The more you know.
@Jack Torrance How ironic. Talking about dUnNiNg KrUeGeR while not knowing WTF you're talking about. That's hilarious.
Back in the day my dad had an '08 Jaguar XF - seeing all those interior quirks really brings me back to that car. Was the first car I drove after getting my license which was awesome but all those neat gimmicks inside like the gear shifter, the hiding air vents, the blue ambient lighting and just the materials and feeling....wasn't the most reliable car ever but just the coolest thing that no one had
"Carbon-Fiber Fabric" - actually, it's kevlar weave, and it's really durable stuff!
One of my favorite videos on TH-cam is the xkr-s passing a cop at 170mph.
Jag: if toyota isnt making the supra then i am.
Toyota: pikachu face
lol
Jaguar’s 5.0 V8 is absolutely legendary and I hope they never retire it
Three Cheers to that!!
On my old XJ6, the cup holders were just straight up broken, as were most other 90s Jags. Designed like an afterthought. From what I understand, Jaguar caring about cup holders is a modern development.
My old neighbour had the XKR. Used to go to work at 6am in it every day.
Best.
Alarm.
Ever.